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Officials say they were and are operating in extreme conditions. We looked into how exactly the shortage happened, and what, if anything, could have been done to prevent it. via @laist.com

laist.comFact check: What really happened with the Pacific Palisades water hydrants?Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low water pressure, not a complete lack of water. But what caused it, and can it be...

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It’s because the fire hydrants were not built for Forest fires. They were built to put out one house on fire, not thousands. Any water system would dry up used in an extreme situation. A big difference being designed to put out a couple houses - to a thousand homes and buildings in few hours time.

Water and compressed air have similar characteristics. The more valves or openings in the system the faster pressure will decrease. Storage is the critical component to maintaining some stability. No system is designed for continuous heavy flow

You could explain this to MAGA for 1000 years and they would still understand it less than they do climate change, vaccines and trickle-down economics, all of which screw them over every single day.

Someone posted earlier "If James Woods did not live there, MAGA would not believe the fires were even happening." There is a certain amount of truth to that.

I think an interesting story would be how the fires will effect Prop 13 for people like Jeff Bridges who lost a home where new construction triggers a market rate assessment on historically low property taxes.

Municipal water supplies can only supply so much water to pressure at the hydrants. If you are drawing on multiple hydrants in an area, you can hit a point where there is no water pressure, then no supply. As extensive as the fire was and with multiple pumpers it’s no wonder.

We are going to find out the hard way, that government meddling in our lives by providing and funding social services is good for us. Like keeping our food safe, schools, and to keep our houses from burning down. Policing is important, but not more. Equity, and balance, let's entertain that.

There isn’t a community in the world that could prevent this kind of destruction in these conditions, people want to believe that we are safe from this kind of devastation but we aren’t. There is no way to put out that many wind driven fires at once.

the chief executive officer and chief engineer of Los Angeles' Department of Water and Power, said there has been "tremendous demand on our [water] system in the Palisades and elsewhere” resulting in tanks being emptied three times in less than 24 hours. This seems likely and logical.